Had Democrats succeeded with a 2021 plan to rewrite state Supreme Court recusal rules, Justice Anita Earls might have been disqualified from the recent Leandro hearing.
The state Supreme Court split, 4-2, Friday on allowing Justice Phil Berger Jr. to take part in next week’s hearing in the 30-year-long education funding dispute commonly known as Leandro. That means all seven justices will take part in oral arguments on Feb. 22.
The state Supreme Court split, 4-2, Friday on allowing Justice Phil Berger Jr. to take part in next week’s hearing in the 30-year-long education funding dispute commonly known as Leandro.
Six of the 11 opinions released Friday from the North Carolina Supreme Court included straight party-line splits. After dissenting in seven of the 11 cases, the court’s senior Democrat ended up voting with the majority in less than half of the cases decided in 2023.
Plaintiffs in North Carolina’s long-running education funding legal dispute are seeking Justice Phil Berger Jr.’s recusal from the state Supreme Court’s pending hearing in the case. Critics object to Berger